Operating device for registering and indicating mechanism.



W. H. NELSON. OPERATING DLVIGE FOR REGISTERING AND INDIGATINGMEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912.

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OPERATING DEVICE FOR REGISTERING AND INDICATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21,191;

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WALTER H. NELSON, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COM- PANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, (INCORPORATED IN OPERATING DEVICE FOR REGISTERING AND INDICATING MECHANISM.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVALTER H. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Devices for Registering and Indicating Mechanism; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in operating devices for registering or indicating machines of that type in which an indicator controls a distant mechanism in such a manner that the operation of said mechanism is dependent upon the operation of said indicator.

Machines of the above character are usually provided with alining devices to insure the accurate operation of the machine. These alining devices have heretofore been placed in the indicator controlled mechanism. It has been found, in practice, that where long rods are used to connect the indicator with the mechanism controlled thereby, that the friction of these alining devices is sufiicient to cause the rods to twist so that the mechanism controlled by the indicator does not operate in exact accordance there with. In other words, under the prevailing practice, these alining devices often aggravate the defects they aim to correct.

One object of this invention is to eliminate this twisting action of the rods caused by the friction of the alining devices, by placing the said alining devices at the indlcator instead of in the mechanism controlled thereby.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved operating mechanism for the indicator.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan View of my improved operating device, the same being a section on the lines aa of Fig. 6 and Z)-b of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a section on the line c-0 of Fig. 2; Fig, 4 is an elevation of an actuator for a registering machine; Fig. 5 is a section on the line cZ-d of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a longitu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 7, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 729,952.

dinal sectional view through a car equipped with my invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A represents a portion of a car provided with a registering machine 1 of the type illustrated in the patents to Ohmer at aZ., 715,129 of Dec. 2, 1902, and 718,867 of J an. 20, 1903. The said machine is provided with a rear casing 2 which contains the actuator 8 which is common to all the counters of said machine. The said actuator 3 is mounted on a carriage 4 movable along a horizontal guide or track 5. WVhen moved to a proper position relative to a selected co unter, the said actuator may be elevated by a gate or lift 6 which is raised by either of the levers 7 in a well known manner. The carriage 4 is moved horizontally to select a counter to be operated by the following means: A sprocket chain 8 is attached to said carriage and surrounds a pulley 9 and a sprocket wheel 10. The wheel 10 is on a shaft 11 which may be termed a setting shaft. \Vhen said shaft 11 is rotated, the carriage 4 will be moved in accordance with the direction in which said shaft is turned. The said shaft extends throughout the length of the car and is journaled in bearings 12 at suitable point-s. On the end thereof, opposite that upon which the sprocket wheel 10 is placed, is a bevel gear 12 in mesh with a similar gear B on the upper end of a shaft 14 journaled in a standard 15. The standard 15 is mounted on the end of the car on which the machine is placed. The lower end of the shaft 14 is provided with a disk 16 ournaled in the standard immediately below an opening 17 in said standard. The said disk 16 is provided with openings to receive pins 18 which extend from a removable handle 19. The handle 19 extends out through the opening 17 and is provided with a segmental portion 20 ha ing indications thereon denoting the different classes of fares. lVhen said handle 19 is moved from one side to the other, the shafts 11 and 14 will be rocked and the carriage 4 will be moved accordingly. The indications on the segment portion 20 cooperate with a pointer 21 on the standard 15. The arrangement is such, that, when one of the indications on the segment portion 20 is opposite the pointer 21,the actuator 3 will be opposite the counter in the machine corresponding to that indication.

To hold the various parts in their set position, the standard 15 is provided with a member 23 having a plurality of serrations 27 corresponding in number to the number of indications on the segment portion 20. Adapted to ride in and out of the serrations in the member 23, is a roller 24 mounted on a lever 25 pivoted at 26 to the handle 19. The lever 25 is controlled by a spring 28 and when one of the indications on the segment portion 20 is opposite the pointer 21, the roller 24 will lie in one of the serrations oi the member 23, thereby holding the operating mechanism in a set position. The car is also provided with a standard 15 on the end of the car opposite that on which the machine 1 is placed, and the handle 19 is adapted to be inserted in the opening 17 of either standard as both standards are pro vided with a shaft 14 and a disk 16. lVhen one standard is out of use, the opening 17 therein may be closed by sleeve 29 which slides upon said standards and is maintained thereon by a slot and pin. The segment portion 20 of the handle 19 may be provided with a shield 30 which is instrumental in preventing the clothing from coming in contact with the roller 24 and lever 25. To permit said roller 24, to be easily placed in engagement with themember 23,when the handle 19 is connected with the disk 16, the lever 25 is provided with an extension 31 which enables said lever 25 to be rocked on its pivot 26 and the roller 5% moved out of the path of the serrated member 23. Owing to the shaft 11 being of considerable length, it is subject to torsional strains, but the alining device, consisting of the serrated member 2?, being mounted adjacent to the handle 19, the friction of the carriage 4- will not be sufficient to twist the said shaft 11. The said handle and the carriage will, therefore, always be in their proper relative positions.

Having described my invention, I claim,

In a device of the type specified, a standard having an opening therein, an operating shaft journaled in said standard, a pin-receiving disk fixed to said shaft, a handle socured to said disk and extending through the opening in the standard, said handle having a portion provided with indications thereon, a peripheral serrated member socured to the standard, and a lever pivoted to the handle and cooperating with said serrated member to lock said handle in the positions to which it is moved, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER I-I. NELSON. lVitnesses R. J. MOGARTY, MATTHEW SIEBLER.

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Washington, D. 0. 

